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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Blogging On the Eights

With over 1,000 bloggers signed up for the A to Z Challenge, visiting them all seems like a daunting task. However, I think that if someone attempts to blog in ABC order for 26 (almost) straight days, they should get a shout out from their fellow bloggers. I wish I had the fortitude of Karen Gowen who has managed to visit over 150 blogs a day! But, I have yet reached her level of blog mastery. So, I started going through the blogs a few here and there, but quickly found myself revisiting some and completely skipping others. After a few days of this, I came up with a plan to blog on the eights. Which for me means that, in addition to visiting our Blog Hosts regularly, I am visiting every blog with the number eight in it. I began with #8 Jenny - Pearson Report, then hopped over to #18 Anthropop Mom and #28 The Blutonian Death Egg etc. Why the number eight? Because it's my favorite number and has been since I was eight years old. Although I've hopped over several wonderful blogs like number #7 Susan Saysand number #20 Rachael Harrie at Rach Writes. . . , I am sure I will visit them, and many others, after I finish all the eights.

I am not sure which number I will hop to next. Maybe 2 since it's the number of kids I have or 4 since it's my favorite number divided by 2. I am sure my new plan will have me hopping through all the blogs, at least once, before this challenge is over, learning many new things and making a few new friends, one number at a time.

Muse For Today: What's your method, technique, process, for visiting the A to Z Bloggers?

15 comments:

Hi Jenn - You're a very organized person I see :-) I'm a long way off visiting everyone, but I'll do my very best. And I award you the Sunshine Award! You can pick it up on my blog (don't forget to write ten things that make you smile) http://www.susanroebuck.com/2012/03/awwww.html

I have no plan. I tried to visit everybody last year, and got burned out. I guess I'll just have to do the best I can. I know I'll miss out on some wonderful blogs, but I also know I'll find some new friends. :)

Thanks for visiting my blog. Nice to meet you. Sounds like you have a workable plan for the challenge. Not sure how I'm gonna handle it, other than getting my A-Z posts all done ahead of time, and then trying to visit as many new blogs as I can once the challenge begins, without completely ignoring my usual blog pals. Piece of cake, right? Um, right. IthinkIcanIthinkIcan...

Thanks everyone for stopping by and sharing your A to Z thoughts and plans. I had so much fun seeing your blogs. And even MORE fun seeing you here! Each of your blogs were so different and unique. I can't wait to see you you handle the challenge. I am sure it WILL be a piece of cake ;p

Hullo JennGlad I had an 8 in my 328 so you dropped by. I have been looking for blogs on theatre, dance, dining, wine... and writing of course, but it is a daunting task. Just hoping I can keep up with the other 1000 bloggers in thee challenge. Cheers

Hi Jenn thanks for stopping by my blog. I don't have a plan yet for visiting blogs I was thinking of starting from either side of my number and working onwards but doing the number thing is a great idea. It's so good to find new blogs to read. I love yours.

what a great idea, like many of the comments above i have no idea how to tackle visiting every one. Thanks for stopping by at page turning looking forward to the challange and meeting you agon on the way. Have fun